Updated with video: What you will be watching on The CW this fall

And Upfronts Week is now, for all intents and purposes, effectively over. The CW, the network that no one over 45 even knows exists, have announced their primetime fall schedule for those ad buyers who chose to stick around after CBS’s presentation yesterday. Trailers for the new shows will presumably be released later.

Thanks to a relatively limited schedule to begin with, The CW only canceled a handful of shows this season: Emily Owens, M.D., 90210, and Cult. Looking at their pick-ups for this coming season, it would appear The CW has given up on any silly notions of extending their brand to include people over 30 or people over 30 who don’t just looooove supernatural teen dramas.

MONDAY

7 p.m. Hart of Dixie

8 p.m. Beauty and the Beast

TUESDAY

7 p.m. THE ORIGINALS

New Orleans and vampires go hand-in-hand like beignets and chicory coffee. This spin-off of The Vampire Diaries will feature vampires Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah running around The Big Easy, hanging out with werewolves and witches, you know, the usual.

8 p.m. Supernatural

WEDNESDAY

7 p.m. Arrow

8 p.m. THE TOMORROW PEOPLE

A bunch of teenagers with superpowers — telekinesis, teleportation and telepathic communication — are an evolutionary leap for our species, and being hunted down by a paramilitary group. So, Heroes, basically.

THURSDAY

7 p.m. The Vampire Diaries

8 p.m.REIGN

Mary, Queen of Scots as a teenager. There’s a romantic storyline and some political intrigue, what have you, but it’s really just Mary, Queen of Scots as a teenager.

FRIDAY

7 p.m. The Carrie Diaries

8 p.m. America’s Next Top Model

Other series that have been picked up by The CW, but not yet scheduled include:

STAR-CROSSED

Teenaged aliens go to high school.

THE 100

Teenagers return to Earth after a nuclear war.

FAMOUS IN 12

In this reality series, a family attempts to become the next Kardashians within 12 weeks. I am certain there are teenagers involved.

One Response

I didn’t hate the backdoor pilot for The Originals as much as I thought I would. At least Elijah will be a regular and I would watch a whole hour of him just entering a room, looking slightly judgemental and/or mildly amused, and then exiting again. A whole hour.

Even moreso than SyFy, The CW seems to have become the goto channel for genre programming. I could not be happier about this. Count me in an over-30 who lurves me some supernatural teen dramas.

Also, because it will be July before my recap of it is written, can we talk about last night’s Supernatural finale? The last 10 minutes? ” … they’re falling …” Amazecakes.